Look, Gannett, it’s not that I’ve got so much going on in my life that I don’t have time for your nonsense. It’s just that there’s so much more interesting nonsense to think about. Like, “Can anybody else see that face in the leaves outside my writing window or have I finally gone starkers?”
I’ve started calling him Leaf Garrett
But I can’t think about that now. Now I have to think about this.
Is it a “P” that’s missing or an apostrophe? Maybe the reader worries for “parents in decline.” Maybe she worries for “aren’ts” in decline. That doesn’t make any sense unless kids today are moving away from contractions. I suppose I could scan the syndicated advice column to discover the truth of the matter but if I’m honest with myself I probably wasn’t gonna read this filler content anyway.
